Biografie von Benjamin Turner KURTZ (1899-1966)
Birth place: Baltimore, MD
Death place: Merida, Mex.
Addresses: Baltimore 10, MD
Profession: Sculptor, educator, writer, lecturer
Studied: PAFA; with Charles Grafly, Albert Laessle (fellowship, and Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1922)
Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1923-34 (7 times); AIC, 1926 (prize), 1927, 1929-31; Arch. Lg., 1926 (prizes); Sesqui-Centennial Esp., Philadelphia, 1926 (med.); Concord AA, 1926 (prize); Salons of Am., 1934.
Member: Phila. Artists All.; Archaeological Inst. Am.; NSS; Arch. Lg.; BMA
Work: Pub. Lib., Ft. Worth, TX; Curtis Inst. Mus., Phila.; Pub. Lib., Camden, ME; BMA; Brookgreen Gardens, SC; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Peale Mus., Baltimore; NGA; sculpture, decorations, Radio Station WBAL, Baltimore; Hochild-Kohn Dept. Store, Baltimore; fountain, Norton Gal., West Palm Beach, FL.
Comments: Teaching: Notre Dame College, Baltimore.
Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.